Efforts to Uproot Peacetime Ills

Efforts to Uproot Peacetime Ills

A long period of relative peace can easily leave a military moored in accumulated inertia, diminishing its combat readiness and rendering it ill-prepared for action, both mentally and operationally.

Xi Jinping has urged the military to avoid this inertia. In response to his call, a vigorous campaign has been launched to bring about fundamental change in the way the military readies itself to take on and neutralize actual threats. It focuses on identifying and addressing major issues and vulnerabilities that contribute to the peacetime ills and chip away at combat readiness. As a result, service members focus more on their duties to fight, to command and to train, bringing the military to a significantly higher level of preparedness. 

纠治和平积弊

一支军队在长期相对和平的环境中，容易形成偏离打仗中心的思想、行为和状态，积因成弊，具有一定普遍性和顽固性。习近平要求全军大力纠治和平积弊。为此，中国军队以整风精神开展“和平积弊大起底大扫除”活动，扭住能打仗、打胜仗这个关键，查找和纠治备战打仗突出矛盾问题，坚决克服背离实战的思想和行为，官兵当兵打仗、带兵打仗、练兵打仗思想不断强化，在备战打仗上有很大的加强。